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tie

[tahy] / taɪ /








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“He’d tie that stringer around my hand and let the fish pull me around the creek.”

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Dressed in a dark suit and white shirt with no tie, the former president sat with his chin resting on his hands as proceedings opened.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

The tie is free but the watch is not.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

Jean Smart was expected to tie a bow on her “Hacks” run with her eighth win, et voilà.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

I borrow the red heart-shaped sunglasses Camille left on the counter and tie a few cloth napkins together to form a scarf.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

Alex Nash, from Montreal, said closer ties would clear away the obstacles of work visas and permits.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Black - who had business ties to Epstein - did not comply with a subpoena ordering him to appear before the House Oversight Committee earlier this month and share documents related to Epstein.

From BBC Sep. 16, 2026

A-Baki's close ties with Trump, forged during multiple stints as Ecuador's ambassador to Washington, could help her stand out from a crowded field of eight candidates vying to lead the UN.

From Barron's Sep. 16, 2026

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Union’s top official, said she would work to tighten its partnership with Ottawa, a major shift as traditional U.S. allies forge closer ties with each other.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

The work was backbreaking: digging out boulders, chopping down trees, dynamiting tunnels, and hammering in railroad ties.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Meanwhile, at the border with Turkmenistan, the gateway to China, transporters complain of constraints tied to a lack of warehouses and of a proper registration process to bring goods by rail to China.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Cybersecurity stocks have been a hot trade this year, with investors reasoning that they could benefit from a rush of spending tied to artificial-intelligence threat risk.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

Under Putin, Russia has tied its future to the Arctic and the region’s natural resources, including liquefied natural gas.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

Seyfried, 40, and Sadoski, 50, tied the knot in a private countryside ceremony in 2017.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

They were carved from yellow walrus tusk and tied in a bunch with sinew.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

She was struck by the Roebucks’ initial identification of their nephew Jeramy, the pill bottle of Jeramy’s left at the crime scene, and the absence of concrete evidence tying Walters to the crime.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

“Traders are tying themselves to parts of the supply chain where demand is tangible, and they’re favoring areas where spending is committed,” said Jake Behan, head of capital markets at Direxion.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

Critics say these rentals have contributed to housing shortages by tying up homes and apartments that might otherwise be people’s full-time residences.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

Downtown Los Angeles hit 105 degrees, tying the record for the calendar day.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

Through a miracle or two my stupidity in tying myself to the sled does not kill me.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen




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